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Abe Lincoln Election
Able Lincoln was elected and basically shut down the South. -
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Civil War
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Battle of Fort Sumter
It was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter. It was one of the major battles that started the American Civil War. -
Lincoln orders blockade of the south
President order a blockade on the ports of the south blocking off any supplies to the south. -
1st Battle of Bull Run
It was the first major battle of the American Civil war. Significant because it basically marked the start and showed who was boss. -
Monitor vs. Virginia naval battle
The USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia went to battle. The Monitor won and the signicance is that the Confederate lost a big ship towards there Naval Army. -
Battle of Shiloh
Was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The Union won the battle taking a big victory. -
7 Days Campaign
It was a series of battles that lasted 6 days. The significance is that Robert Lee drove the Union soldiers out of Richmond -
2nd Battle of Bull Run (or 2nd battle of Manassas)
The Union and Confederate army challenged each other in the same place. What is the significance you may ask? The Confederate army captured the Union's depot supply. -
Antietam
It was a battle fought in Sharpsburg, Maryland. It was the first major battle in the American civil war and was by far the bloodiest. There were 23,000 casualties. -
Emancipation Proclamation issued
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states then in rebellion, thus applying to 3.1 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at that time. What is the significance you may ask? The significance of the Proclamation is that it freed nearly 50,000 slaves instantly. -
Gettysburg Address
It was a speech spoken by president Lincoln. He involked the significance of human equality. -
Emancipation Proclamation takes effect
Lincoln declared that on this date “all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free. -
Union Army moves in and occupies Richmond, VA.
Union troops take camp in Richmond, VA and Petersburg VA. -
Battle at Chancellorsville
It was a major battle in the American civil war and it was fought it Spotsylvania County, Virginia. It was a very good victory for the Union. -
Battle of Gettysburg
It was basically the wars turning point and the importance of it is that the Union beat the Confederate army. -
Siege of Vicksburg
It was final the major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It drove the Confederate forces to the defensive lines. -
Battle at Chattanooga
It was a battle Chattanooga Tennesee. -
Ulysses S. Grant takes over the Union Army
Lincoln appoints Ulysses to be the main commander of the Union troops. Signigicance, Ulysses gets to show his power in battle and prove himself. -
Abraham Lincoln shot and killed
Abraham Lincoln was shot on good friday. It gave the confederate army a lead in battle because the Union troops didn't have their president. -
Sherman captures Atlanta
William Sherman overwelmed and defeted the confederate forces when they were defending their city. It was important because it was a a major port and a nice city to capture. -
Abraham Lincoln re-elected
Abraham Lincoln is re-elected president, defeating Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln carries all but three states with 55 percent of the popular vote and 212 of 233 electoral votes. "I earnestly believe that the consequences of this day's work will be to the lasting advantage, if not the very salvation, of the country," Lincoln tells supporters. -
Sherman begins march to the sea
Sherman Captured the port of Savanah. The Union captured a major port. -
13th Amendment passed
The amendment was passed and the amendment prohibited slavery.
